Lazy @The Lake Oven BBQ Ribs

Happy Memorial Day!

As we prepare for a busy weekend and finalize our menu planning it occurred to us that the best menu is one that's EZ on the cook!  We especially love this rib recipe for two reasons:

1. They are fall off the bone delicious; perfect balance of sweet and spicy
2. The Cook basically spends 15-20 minutes prep time prior to placing them in the oven then walks away to join the festivities.  Sure beats standing over a hot grill for hours managing the process.

This photo was taken with my iPhone - these are actual ribs that came from our Lakehouse oven!

LAZY @THE LAKE BBQ RIBS

modified from a recipe by Emeril Lagasse

Prep Time:  20 minutes

Serves:  A gaggle of hungry folks depending on how many racks you use (I typically cook 3 full slabs)

Cook Time:  2 hours or until meat is falling off the bone

Preheat Oven:  325 degrees

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups ketchup (don't judge)

3/4  cup brown sugar

2 1/2 tablespoon white vinegar
1/2 onion rough chopped
2 cloves fresh garlic minced
2 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons chipotle pepper - this gives the ribs some heat and smokey aroma and flavor (less if you prefer more sweet than heat)

Salt and Pepper to taste (we love the smoked sea salt available at fancy stores like Whole Foods and/or Central Market).

3 4-pound slabs of baby back ribs

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  In a bowl combine the first 8 ingredients to make a sauce.
Rub Ribs with Salt Pepper mixture to season
Brush on a thick slathering of sauce. (both sides).

Place slathered ribs on a large roasting pan or cookie sheet cover with tin foil for 60 minutes.
Remove tin foil add another layer of sauce and cook 60 minutes +/- to desired doneness and tenderness.
As the meat starts to pull away from the bones, you know you're ready to EAT!

Enjoy!

It's Friday! Let's have a Pinterest Party!

We love Pinterest and the inspiration it provides.

As we roll into the weekend we found several pins that work together for the perfect weekend gathering.  We had to share!


What to wear pinned via Karen Fairchild:

What to drink by eating.  Upside Down Oranges!! Pinned via Pamela Tingle Bines

Upside Down Orange: 1 large orange 1 small bottle vodka Remove top stem part of the orange. With a knife, gently poke insides of the orange to open up the pulps. Open vodka bottle and insert into the hole. Rest orange in a small bowl, vodka bottle side up. Put in the chiller. Wait for 6-8 hours. When orange has absorbed vodka, remove bottle. Slice into wedges and enjoy. Perfect for concerts/drive in movies/football games:))

Where to keep the beverages you actually drink cold.  Pinned via Carrie Caviccia Koshenka

Summertime Beverage Cooler - The Giant Red Solo Cup! 1) Get a large trash can; 2) Get red and white paint; 3) Create! Perfect for a drink bin!

Where to gather.  Pinned via HouseBeautiful

If you don't happen to have this back yard - any place with friends and family is perfect!

All pins compliments of our collaboration board - Lake Girls Love where we have over 25 talented women pinning and sharing.  We hope you'll join us - follow us and we'll follow you back!  Click the link below to join our party!

Lake Girls Love Pinterest Board

Happy Friday Y'all!  

Cindy

FLIP. FLOP. SALE.

Oka b Daisy Flip Flop Reg Price $30.00  - buy now $15.00

Gladys was $40.00 - buy now $20.00

Feeling like a princess?  Then you might like these Riley Flip Flops

with white enamel flowers.  In Princess Pink!

Riley Flip Flop was $35.00 - buy now $17.50

Lots more colors and styles to choose from.  Sizes and Qty are limited cause we're dealing with 

the last of the inventory from Summer 2012.  

If you like flip flops and you like good deals.  Don't delay - shop now for best selection!

Click HERE to shop Oka b SALE

PS.

Scout Spring Cleaning. . . (that's code for sale)

Scout bags are addictive.  Our customers L-O-V-E them and if you read the reviews online - you can easily see why.  They are versatile, practical, economical and most important - they come in plenty of styles with personality plus.  

We're cleaning our Scout closet and have reduced prices on every style in stock - PLUS when you buy before January 31st you save an extra 13% on your total purchase.  That's the dumb discount we came up with to celebrate 2013 (we know you were wondering)

Enter CODE:  13 at checkout

Click Here to Start Shopping

Seriously - what's not to love?

For those who might prefer more of a classic look

For those of us who can't seem to get enough in the bag we currently have. . .

A great price point for our children who's needs seem to change as often as the weather in Texas! 

Just sayin'

All the bins collapse for easy storage of your storage bins when you're not storing things in them

- need we say more?

With our two precious grand daughters, both under two we are always packing a bag.

This Pocket Rocket works wonders and they all wipe clean - if that sort of thing is important. 

Quantities are limited as we clear the closet to make room for Spring

Shop Today for best selection

Click Here To Shop  

With Love,

It's been weighing on my mind.
Every morning when I log onto my computer and see the date of my last blog post
Thursday, September 13th!!!
What a lamo' blogger I have been this fall.
This morning as I was lamenting my lameness, my cell phone started churping with new text message alerts.  Yes!  There is a blogger God and I have been blessed (several times over).

My husband is traveling for work this week and staying at the beautiful Hotel Coronado in San Diego.
This morning, he took a pre-function walk on the beach and captured some wonderful images of the Sand Castle Art created by the artists employed by the hotel.

There's no better way to end my blog lameness than to share these with you.

Thanks to the hubs, Ray Batten for always thinking of ways to brighten up my day even when we're several time zones apart.  xoxox

This past January I had the opportunity to travel to The Coronado with Ray for a 

business function.  Below is the view from our beautiful room and our 

smiling faces as we spend the day as tourists.

Have a great week!  Hope you're getting all your Christmas shopping done.  

I started mine yesterday!

Cindy

Not your average Flea Bag. . .

What:  The Dallas Flea

Where:  Southside on Lamar, Dallas

When:  Saturday, September 15

Why:  Over 70 upscale vendors all bringing their goods to market under

one roof.   LHO is one such vendor

and we are bringing HaulCouture Bags!

NOT your average Flea Bag

We have been coveting HaulCouture bags since we first saw them at the 

Dallas Home and Gift wholesale market back in March.  Seemed like a no brainer 

for hauling groceries to the LAKE or entire meals to the KIDS not to mention 

they make the perfect weekend getaway tote.  

Read what Examiner.com had to say about them:

How cool, how chic, how high couture when you not only have a bag that carries everything you could possibly need, but also looks stunning doing it. Take one busy career mom, one great idea, and a business was born.

Haul Couture began in 2009 by Kim Whitaker and has exploded on the scene of creative inventions. Kim's cargo bags have been featured on "The Daily Grommet", "The Today Show" as Kathie Lee and Hoda's "favorite things" segment and ”The Next Iron Chef", as well as in many national magazines.

More compliments from Examiner.com

The following is just a sample of the many uses of Haul Couture:

• Grocery cargo - Insulated to keep "hots hot" and "colds cold". This feature and a large capacity make this a shopping must have.
• Food cargo - Southerners love reunions, tailgating, and picnics. Sturdy dividers make food travel a snap.
• Gift cargo - Christmas comes to mind; instead of lugging five or six flimsy bags overflowing with presents, throw all you have into one and head to the relatives.
• Men's cargo - Whitaker has not forgotten the men. Masculine fabrics, hardiness and an easy to clean bag. What could be better?
• Mommy cargo - Put everything but the actual baby in here.

Shown at the Fairhope, AL

Arts and Crafts Festival

And finally, more eye candy.  

 If you happen to be fond of a specific college team,

these bags might be right up your

tailgating alley:

OU or 'Bamma

UT

OSU 

See you Saturday at The Dallas Flea!

Headboard love. . .

Back in the days when we were operating our consignment store, LHO Design and Consign in the Dallas Design District we would often blog as inspiration to our customers.  Giving them ideas how how to repurpose some of the "finds" that they loved so much.

As I have been noodling around the web and on Pinterest looking for inspiration for my own home I decided to share some of my favorite finds in honor of the 1 year anniversary of closing the doors at LHO Design and Consign, 2100 Irving Blvd, Dallas.


Headboard Love.

doesn't get much easier than this.  looks like salvage 1x4's and a can of spray paint!

how often do you see these carved screens and wonder how to incorporate them into your decor?

consignment stores are a good source for these at below retail pricing

we love shutters, this is a sunny, garden filled space

and...as luck would have it we will have shutters

with us at The Flea (9/15)

Looks like a Pottery Barn shelve and a bench cushion!  

A new take on the upholstered headboard

Galvanized and corigated metal roofing?  EZ!

Great use of walls - love this idea for kids room.  toys/books/photos

Reclaimed Doors steal the show - chandelier rocks too!

Pallets!  Check your neighborhood on bulk trash day

Brilliant - place the bed in front of the built ins! 

 Kills 2 birds

Vintage signs - no brainer headboard

Have Fun!

End Of Summer SALE! Shop Today!

Celebrate the end of summer by joining us TODAY in Canton, First Monday Trade Days!
Final day of our End of Summer Sale!

A few highlights:

All OKAb's $20.00!!

Two tables of TShirts and Hoodies reduced! Now $7.00 - $20.00

Mad Mat Indoor/Outdoor Rugs

Reduced!

4x6 $40.00

5x8 $70.00

(reg $49.00/$96.00)

plus much, much more!

We're on Row 46 just off Dealers Row

Sunday 9a - 4p

Hope we see ya!

First Monday Trade Days

Canton, Texas

(Lake) House Hunters

One of our favorite forms of "mindless" entertainment is to watch House Hunters on HGTV.
And, as you know we are pretty much obsessed with finding a lake house.  It's what we do in our spare time - we look at lake property for sale.
Ideally we would find a place on Cedar Creek Lake as it meets most of our criteria:

1. EZ commute to/from Dallas
2. Large Recreational Lake/Area
3. Close proximity to Canton as First Monday is a big part of Lakehouse Outfitters sales and marketing strategy.

As we looked back over the past 30-60 days it occurred to me, we are living our own version of House Hunters; Lake House Hunters. 

Here's the three most recent properties we have considered:

House #1 is an adorable cottage style home, very close to Gun Barrel City on a private street all on a very nice, shaded waterfront lot with boathouse in place.

We love the location, the lot and the basic cosmetics of the home.  It's smaller than ideal, yet we could make it work.

Drawback - no garage and it's not on the market for sale yet the owner will sell for "the right price"

House #2 is a beautiful piece of property in need a lot of updates and improvements just to make the waterfront/home safe to occupy.  It is also located close to GBC and sits on another very small street.  The home is actually located on a point which added to the value and the VIEW!

Drawbacks - retaining wall is collapsing into the lake.  Boat dock needs replaced and roof over garage is in serious need of repair, which has caused other damage to the home/roof system.  Estimates on dock and retaining wall alone were close to $70K

This property could be a show stopper if someone is looking to take on a project.  (probably too big of a project for us).

House #3 was appealing as it showed move in ready.  The home is more "house like" than "Cabin/Lake house like" which might be nice should we decide to make this our full time residence.  This property is located on the west side of the lake which was not where we had been looking previously, but we do like the fact that it's easy to/from Dallas, in a gated community and the home sits on two lots with trees and landscaping.  And the floor plan is perfect for our lifestyle!  We especially liked the upstairs family room with a wall of windows to the lake view.

Drawbacks:  Not as convenient to Canton.  Does not have the open water view the others have but both of those we thought we could live with.  Biggest drawback was the inspection report showing roof damage, skylights broken and lots of evidence that water damage is taking it's toll on this home.

Bottom line to this episode of Lake House Hunters is that we are still looking!